Strong's Hebrew · H7872
שֵׂיבָה
sêybâh · say-baw'
Definitionold age
Derivationfeminine of H7869 (שֵׂיב);
KJV usage(be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
Occurrences19 in the KJV · 19 verses
שֵׂיבָה in Scripture
Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years ; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:29
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:31
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us , that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:25
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi -ezrites.
Ruth 4:15
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter -in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
1 Kings 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
1 Chronicles 29:28
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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